Curriculum Leader (Creative and Performing Arts) at Day Waterman College

Day Waterman College is a modern co-educational boarding school designed to provide an exciting learning environment for children between the ages of 11 - 16. We provide a broad-based education of international standard to meet global needs. The College is set on 35 hectares of natural landscape in Asu, near Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Facilities and equipment of outstanding quality have been provided to support the learning environment, including access to safe recreational areas.

This College is built to educate young people to become leaders who will be at the forefront of the rapid economic and social development sweeping through Nigeria. The demands of living and working in a global economic community necessitates adaptable and flexible young people with the skill-set, knowledge and character to contribute and shape the future, and meet the many challenges that lie ahead.

Applications are hereby requested from qualified professionals to fill the underlisted position:

Job Title: Curriculum Leader (Creative and Performing Arts)

Location: Ogun
Responsible to: Vice Principal (Academics)
Responsible for: All students

Job Description
The exact of role of the Curriculum Leader focuses on Teaching and Learning and on student progress. It aims:

• To deliver excellent outcomes (academic and non-academic) for pupils.
• Provide highly effective leadership and management within their subject area.
• Build an exceptional team to develop outstanding provision of their subject.
• Develop the department programme/curriculum i.e. curriculum, standards, target setting, assessment and reporting.
• Act as a de-facto whole-college leader, fulfilling leadership responsibilities wherever necessary in the college.
• Develop, prepare, and deliver teaching and learning up to a full timetable.
• Act as an expert in their subject area providing support and advice across the College.

Leadership
A Curriculum Leader will:

• Provide leadership that secures the delivery of high standards and attainment for all students and be responsible for the organisation, management, and control of the department.
• Contribute to the College Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) as required by the Principal.
• Draw up the Department Development Plan in accordance with the College SIP.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning and focus upon the raising and maintaining of standards and expectations.
• Monitor, evaluate, and intervene to ensure all pupils are working towards making expected progress in all key stages.
• Help to ensure that the college meets and exceeds the expectations of parents, the Governing Board, and community.
• Manage pupil behaviour and standards, including their health and wellbeing.
• Contribute to the leadership of the college, helping to establish it as the college of first choice for parents
• Help to create the best environment and ethos that will promote and secure the achievement of both students and staff
• Be willing to go above and beyond expected levels of commitment to ensure the success of the college.

Teaching and Learning
A Curriculum Leader will:

• Ensure that their own teaching is always good or outstanding, and undertake CPD to constantly maintain and improve both their subject expertise and teaching skills.
• Provide leadership that will deliver excellence of provision and will develop and provide innovative ways of learning, including the use of ICT.
• Work to develop teaching staff and practices in order to ensure that all teaching in their department is good or outstanding.
• Ensure that the students enjoy a safe and healthy environment.
• Provide a curriculum that matches the needs of all students, develops students' life and academic skills, and helps to provide broad exposure to knowledge and culture.
• Build an expectation of high achievement for all.
• Achieve a harmonious and supportive community through the effective management of staff and students.
• Ensure that there is an effective assessment, recording and reporting system of student progress.
• Sustain and meet the high expectations of staff and students.
• Monitor and evaluate the curriculum for both quality and value for money.
• Develop the curriculum beyond the college building, rooting it in the community and broader extra-curricular aspects of the curriculum.
• Keep up to date with curriculum developments which affect the department ensuring that all members of the department are aware of new initiatives and how they are going to be implemented in the department.
• Look for ways to create interest from pupils in science and raise standards of attainment.
• Provide extra-curricular opportunities to support learning in science.

Leading and Managing People
A Curriculum Leader will:

• Take collective responsibility for the success of the college, displaying professionalism and acting as a role model for pupils and staff.
• Help to select and appoint, deploy and manage staff (including tackling under performance) to ensure effective teaching and learning takes place in the college.
• Encourage interaction and teamwork within the department sharing ideas and new initiatives identifying new ways of teaching science.
• Monitor the work of teachers within the department, offering guidance and support where required and helping to identify improved ways of working.
• In conjunction with the Leadership Team, develop rigorous procedures for monitoring the performance of all staff including setting objectives, CPD needs and, where appropriate, individual support plans.
• Involve all staff in decision making, so far as it is possible, in order that all who work in the college feel a sense of ownership and involvement.
• Involve all staff in creating a learning environment that is positive, affirming, and supportive.
• Create, maintain, and enhance effective working relationships with staff.
• Maximise the contribution of all staff to improve the quality of education provided and standards achieved.
• Provide guidance, induction, and support to all staff including advice on appropriate training.
• Plan, delegate, develop, and evaluate work carried out by teams and individuals.

Communication and Partnership
A Curriculum Leader will:

• Communicate DWC values, aims, policies, and plans to staff, students, and parents.
• Maintain an effective system of record keeping, reporting, and communication with parents and students to ensure that the aims relating to each student's progress are achieved.
• Help to ensure that good communications are maintained throughout the college.
• Present a coherent and accurate account of the department's performance in a form appropriate to a range of audiences.
• Ensure that parents and students are well informed about curriculum attainment and progress and are able to understand targets for improvement.
• Look for and use opportunities to support the development of the whole child through spiritual, moral, social, and cultural activities, and help to develop tolerance and understanding of the diversity of cultures within and outside the college.
• Develop and encourage good relations between the college and the local and wider community.
• Work closely with other colleges, locally, nationally, and internationally.

Resource Management
A Curriculum Leader will:

• Take responsibility for department resourcing and timetable allocation.
• Be responsible for the sound management of the department within the budget allocated.
• Manage all available resources and allocate them to support effective learning and teaching.
• Maintain and control the use of those resources.
• Deploy all staff effectively in order to improve the quality of education provided.
• Ensure that there is regular monitoring of the budget and the oversight of the use of resources.

Specific Tasks:

• To ensure that good working practices are disseminated by post-holders to all members of the curriculum team
• Continue to develop and implement a challenging and exciting curriculum
• Create a happy, dynamic, innovative culture in the Department and ensure all staff are performing to an outstanding standard and are happy and motivated in doing so
• To undertake regular lesson observation / learning walks in order to secure quality assurance
• To promote a cohesive approach to teaching across the curriculum area that fully utilises the skills and experience of the team of teachers and attached teaching assistants.
• To develop, coordinate and monitor the extra-curricular activities and out-of-classroom experiences in the curriculum area, to contribute to those of the college, and to work with the Extended College coordinator to extend their scope and take-up.

Requirements

• Qualified Teacher Status.
• Graduate level qualification in an appropriate discipline.
• Enhanced CRB clearance.
• Secure knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Significant experience of successful teaching in this curriculum area.
• Be accountable to the Teachers Standard.
• Be fully aware of OFSTED standards for teaching and able to deliver lessons appropriately.
• Ability to lead a team of teachers delivering in this curriculum area.
• Ability to create and deliver Strategic Implementation Plans to enhance performance.
• Experience of creating intervention strategies to improve student performance.
• Experience of dealing with parents and carers to resolve issues.
• Experience of dealing with a range of student issues with and on behalf of other colleagues./li>
• Be empathetic in dealing with pupils and parents.
• Experience of using tracking systems to enhance pupil performance.
• Experience of line/performance management of teaching colleagues.
• Experience of judging the quality of teaching and learning.
• Experience of line-management of support staff.
• High levels of communication skills both oral and written.
• High levels of inter-personal skills.
• Ability to develop and influence policy and plan strategically.
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
• Strong computer skills.
• Experience of leadership in the Education sector.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Confidence and ability to manage effectively and efficiently in a very busy and demanding environment.
• An understanding of current educational issues in relation to the post.
• Ability to work unsupervised and under own initiative for protracted periods.
• Ability to find solutions to immediate, medium and long-term problems.
• High levels of time-management and self-management skills.
• Ability to manage own workload.
• Ability to direct and manage the workload of others.
• Willingness to work flexibly across the day, week and year.
• Integrity, professionalism and diplomacy.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to download Application Form

All application form together with a statement of suitability which should be no more than two sides of A4. In your statement you should address your specification and show how you meet the selection criteria and send to: [email protected]